"Ah, but the strawberries, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist."

"Ah, but the strawberries, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist."

"Ah, but the strawberries, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist."

One of the Nazis' most-repeated political slogans was Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer – "One People, One Empire, One Leader". Bendersky says the slogan "left an indelible mark on the minds of most Germans who lived through the Nazi years. It appeared on countless posters and in publications; it was heard constantly in radio broadcasts and speeches." The slogan emphasized the absolute control of the party over practically every sector of German society and culture – with the churches being the most notable exception. Hitler's word was absolute, but he had a narrow range of interest – mostly involving diplomacy and the military – and so his subordinates interpreted his will to fit their own interests.

A big difference between The Fuhrer and our Gropenfuhrer is in percentage of national popularity. Looking at footage of rallies, the Fuhrer was idolized because he was going to M.G.G.A. --- and it looked like he was going to do it.

A big difference between The Fuhrer and our Gropenfuhrer is in percentage of national popularity. Looking at footage of rallies, the Fuhrer was idolized because he was going to M.G.G.A. --- and it looked like he was going to do it.

Our "moran", on the other hand --- favorability in the low 30%.

That's true and I am thankful for that. But I was struck by this sentence from my post:

"Hitler's word was absolute, but he had a narrow range of interest – mostly involving diplomacy and the military – and so his subordinates interpreted his will to fit their own interests."

I think that describes Trump and, even worse, Trump is like a butterfly flitting from one issue to the next as needed to keep himself center stage.

As deeply, absolutely reprehensible as I find Trump to be, he's too lazy, distracted, and politically indifferent to be a Hitler. There are potential Hitlers out there. Not just pr*cks the way T is but men who are genuinely zealous about anti-Democratic intolerant ideologies. The angry populism that Trump rode in on can, if not broken, bring in such men.

A big difference between The Fuhrer and our Gropenfuhrer is in percentage of national popularity. Looking at footage of rallies, the Fuhrer was idolized because he was going to M.G.G.A. --- and it looked like he was going to do it.

Our "moran", on the other hand --- favorability in the low 30%.

That's true and I am thankful for that. But I was struck by this sentence from my post:

"Hitler's word was absolute, but he had a narrow range of interest – mostly involving diplomacy and the military – and so his subordinates interpreted his will to fit their own interests."

I think that describes Trump and, even worse, Trump is like a butterfly flitting from one issue to the next as needed to keep himself center stage.